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Study to Explore Using Magnets to Correct 'sunken Chest'

...bone and a second magnet embedded in a lightweight plastic brace that the child wears under clothing. The attraction between the two magnets holds the brace in place. Because the internal magnet is placed just under the skin during an outpatient visit, the child can go home on the day of the procedure wit...

FDA Warns of Deadly Results of Skin-numbing Creams

...er hair removal. They then wrapped their legs in plastic wrap, as they were instructed, to increase the creams' numbing effect. Both women had seizures, fell into comas, and died from the toxic effects of the anesthetic drugs. In both these cases the skin-numbing creams used were made in pharmacies and c...

Stem Cell Research Lab Coming Up in Jaipur

...cts sent to ICMR cover spinal cord injury, cancer, plastic surgery, urology, the cornea and multiple sclerosis. Revised projects would be taken by ICMR in its next meeting scheduled in the third week of this month. Stem cells are primal cells common to all multi-cellular organisms that retain the ability t...

New Inhaler is Child's Play

...corporates a silicone balloon within a transparent plastic chamber, which is used as a reservoir for the aero...g the problem of electro-static charge common with plastic spacer devices. Plastic spacers can become electro-statically charged through handling, which can gr...

Good Oral Health Practices Should Begin in Infancy

...s teeth. - A sealant is a clear or tooth-colored plastic material that is applied to the chewing surfaces of the back teeth where decay occurs most often. - Sealants protect normal depressions and grooves in the teeth called pits and fissures, which are particularly susceptible to tooth decay. Mouth P...

Liposuction, Quick Fixes for the Obese

...resents operations performed by its 180 consultant plastic surgeon members and are the "tip of the iceberg," ...get into shape. Says Rajiv Grover, a consultant plastic surgeon and the BAAPS representative responsible for the national audit:"Judging by the dramatic ris...

Heavy Periods Have Other Remedies, Not Necessarily Hysterectomy

...the aid of such women. A small medicinally treated plastic instrument is implanted in the womb, equipped to convey progestogen, which slows the growth of the lining in the womb. Apart from this, many oral remedies are also available. Endometrial ablation, a surgical option, employs heat or microwave to wipe ...

Plastic Surgeons to the Rescue of Women

... up. To guide them in the right direction, eminent plastic surgeons// have united to offer services in this f...sfaction of the customer. According to Ivan Foo, plastic surgeon of mybreast, women who utilize their services are at safe and qualified hands. The cost of t...

Baby Teether Beads Recalled

.../ because they pose a choking hazard. The flexible plastic ring that holds the teether beads in place can cra...orts, stating that the cracking or breaking of the plastic ring, though there have been no reports of injuries. The two products (model numbers 8483 and 8549) ...

Burn Patients Need More Help Coping With Depression

...g at whether we can fix this or alter that through plastic surgery, we also need to screen people for depression,' said lead author Brett Thombs, who worked on the study at Johns Hopkins University. He now serves as an assistant professor of psychiatry at McGill University in Canada. Thomas and colleagues...

Skin-Destroying Ulcer Appears in NSW as New Treatment Guidelines Emerge

...ility,” he said. The finding came as Australian plastic surgeons, GPs, laboratory scientists, pathologists, infectious disease physicians and public health experts collaborated to set down new consensus recommendations for the treatment and prevention of M. ulcerans infection. Assoc Prof Johnson said th...

Stem Cells In Brain Have Potential For Sensing Damage And To Repair

...s the ability to repair itself and that it is more plastic than previously appreciated," said Dr Jan. PRI...

Toy Story Turns Bitter-Christmas Toys, No Music to the Ears!

...ns, which included a mechanical toy machine gun, a plastic tommy gun and a cap gun. These toys were risky because they could result in immediate hearing loss. Experts have cautioned against extended exposure to any noise, in the range of 85dBA, which could certainly pose a big risk to hearing. When the to...

Delhi Hospital Reattaches Amputated Penis

... operation microscope," R.K. Khazachi, head of the plastic surgery department of SGRH, told reporters Saturday. "It's a very rare operation and this is the first case of reattachment of a completely amputated phallus in Delhi," Khazachi told IANS. The man was assaulted by a gang that severed his penis, t...

Plastic May Be Poisoning Oceans: Scientists

Microscopic particles of plastic are not biodegradable and may be poisoning oceans,...lymouth is leading research into what happens when plastic breaks down in seawater and impacts marine environments, reported the online edition of BBC News. ...

Toys With Tiny Magnets Recalled

...future." The Polly Pocket play sets comprises of plastic dolls and related accessories in which small magne...ch thick are embedded in parts of the dolls, their plastic clothing, hair and other accessories like shoes and stocking that cling to the dolls. These tiny m...

Naseem’s Heart Put In Its Plac

...of his own skin. Soon the doctors plan to fit in a plastic chest cover to protect the heart.Another surgery will be performed after his condition improves, to create an artificial casing using bone tissue taken from his ribs. If all goes well Naseem will go home in December....

Botox – The 'Celebrity' Dru

...nd the results are visible in a few days. As one plastic surgeon puts it-'With Botox, the beauty is more than skin deep.' Botox is the trade name for Botulinum Toxin A, a type of neurotoxin that is secreted by the bacterium, Clostridium botulinum. Since 1989,it has been used to treat several medical con...

Breast reconstruction may be possible with fat stem cells

...ed by J. Peter Rubin, M.D., assistant professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, recently received a three-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to further explore this unique approach. "The surgical options for breast reconstruction involve e...

Green Signal given to Full-Face Transplants

Prof Peter Butler, a pioneering plastic and reconstructive surgeon has been given the go-a...be a recognised transplant centre and a recognised plastic surgery centre. We have in addition our own psychological department. It is right that, initially, f...

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